SkopjeDiem Macedonia in English

The smaller political parties which are part of the ruling alliance led by SDSM and DUI call upon the government to not resign as a consequence to the decision for determination of date for start of the EU membership talks with Macedonia. “We are strongly convinced that by the end of 2019 our country will start the membership talks with ...

Macedonia survived the Netherlands Parliament vote, but not Albania. Two thirds from the Netherlands MPs considered that Albania, because of high degree of corruption and crime is not prepared to begin negotiations this year. Hague’s decision to block Tirana, but not Skopje is a positive signal for our country, according to experts. The Hungarian Ambassador to the country, László István ...

During a debate in the Hungarian Parliament, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto confirmed the information that he and other state officials are having meetings in Budapest with the former Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski. Gruevski currently resides in Budapest after he was granted political asylum after he fled Macedonia avoiding a prison sentence. “I was regularly meeting Gruevski, ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists are ...

The Macedonian Parliament accepted the resignation of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski today. Gruevski resigned as member of Parliament after a procedure was initiated to strip him of his mandate due to his absence for more than six months. Over this period, he’s been in Hungary, where he received political asylum after the campaign of persecution aimed at him and ...

If no deal is reached regarding the date to jointly celebrate Goce Delcev, Bulgaria will withdraw from the further work in the Joint Commission with Macedonia. Bulgarian FM Ekaterina Zaharieva says that her country will make no compromise in this regard, adding that she will not agree with the Macedonian side’s proposal for Delcev to be celebrated on 7 October. ...

“Skopje and Athens managed to find common ground, reached a compromise on the name dispute,” Czech PM Andrej Babis said at a joint press-conference in Skopje with counterpart Zoran Zaev on Tuesday. As he added, the European politicians that promised to the country that membership negotiations would be opened if the referendum was held, name was changed, reforms were implemented ...

PM Zoran Zaev on Tuesday announced that political decisions in the country about whether there will be Government reshuffle or pre-electoral elections. “Today we received serious encouragement from a very influential EU member state regarding the new developments in the ALDE group, but also from Germany and regarding the message we expect from Angela Merkel and her clear announcement of ...

DUI spokesperson Bujar Osmani, who is also the Deputy PM for European Affairs, said on Tuesday that the preparations for the party’s congress were the central topic at the session of the Central Presidency of DUI. Answering a journalists question about the announced reshuffle, he stated that the focus was on the foreign policy regarding the Euro-integrations, after which the ...

The Czech Republic and USA will soon ratify the protocol for Macedonian membership into NATO. Defence Minister, Radmila Sekerinska stated that she is satisfied with the tempo of ratification in the Alliance countries. Turkey will ratify the accession protocol after the local elections scheduled in 10 days, and tomorrow there will be a hearing at the Committee for Foreign Affairs ...